The story
- Old Norse · derived fromkvern“millstone; quern, handmill”
- English todayQuarmby
From Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quarmby
Today it means: A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116). Full definition →
Old Norse kvern